Donald Scavia, Ph.D.

Graham Family Professor of Environmental Sustainability
Professor, Natural Resources and Environment, School of Natural Resources and Environment
Professor, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering

Office: 
G520 Dana, 440 Church St
Phone: 
734-615-4860
Fax: 
734-647-6730
Email: 

scavia@umich.edu

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Research Interest: Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute

Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute
G520 Dana, 440 Church St
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104

  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1980
  • MS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974
  • BS, Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
  • Certified Senior Ecologist, Ecological Society of America, 2003
  • Recognized as Extraordinary Commerce Employee, 2002
  • Department of Commerce Gold Medal for Leadership, 2001
  • NOAA Administrator’s Award, 1989, 2003
  • Outstanding or Sustained Superior Performance Awards, 1977, 1981-82, 1984-2004
  • Draper High School Hall of Fame, 1992
  • Best Paper Award for Journal of Great Lakes Research, 1987
  • Tau Beta Pi, University of Michigan, 1976
  • National Research Council Committee on Missouri River Recovery 2008-present
  • National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Leaders Council, 2009 – present
  • Environmental Law and Policy Center, 2007 – present
  • Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State, 2007 – present
  • North American Nitrogen Center, Cornell University, 2005-present
  • Associate Editor, Estuaries, Estuarine Research Federation, 1998-2005
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, ESA, 2002-2006
  • Secretary, International Association for Great Lakes Research, 1983-1986
  • Board of Directors, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, 1987-1990

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Research interests include the effects of natural and anthropogenic stresses on Great Lakes and marine ecosystems, with a focus on the use of models and integrated assessments in transferring knowledge to the decision-making process. Teaching interests include the roles of conveying uncertainty, peer review, stakeholder input, interpreting trends, prediction, scale, and government interaction in developing and applying Integrated Scientific Assessments.

Scavia, D., E.A. Kelly, and J. D. Hagy III. 2006 A simple model for forecasting the effects of nitrogen loads on Chesapeake Bay hypoxia. Estuaries and Coasts 29(4): 674-684.

Scavia, D. and K.A. Donnelly 2007. Reassesing Hypoxia Forecasts for the Gulf of Mexico. Env. Sci. Technol. 41, 8111–8117

Stow, C.A. and D. Scavia 2009. Modeling Hypoxia in the Chesapeake Bay: Ensemble Estimation Using a Bayesian Hierarchical Model. J. Marine Systems 76: 244–250

Boesch, D., L.B. Crowder, R.J. Diaz, R.W. Howarth, L.E. Mee, S.W. Nixon, N.N. Rabalais, R. Rosenberg, J.G. Sanders, D. Scavia, R.E. Turner . 2009. Nutrient enrichment drives Gulf of Mexico hypoxia, Eos Trans. Amer. Geophysical Union.

Scavia, D. and Y. Liu. 2009. Exploring Estuarine Nutrient Susceptibility. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2009, 43 (10), 3474-3479

Nassauer, J.I., M.V. Santelmann, and D.Scavia (Eds). 2007 From the Corn Belt to the Gulf: Assessment of Alternative Agricultural Futures, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.

Rabalais, N.N., R.E. Turner, and D. Scavia. 2002 Beyond Science into Policy: Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia and the Mississippi River. BioScience 52:129-142